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From: Dorothy E. Tissair <ricflair>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 20:33:43 -0500
Very little of the literature of Wicca is cataloged as witchcraft and/or magic in your average public library. However, much of what is properly classed as Satanism is. A mature Christian can read HP and find "Christian" themes, but by definition children are not mature. Parents and teachers must help children to put the fantasy in the right perspective. Unfortunately, not every child has a caring adult to help him with this process.
Dorothy E. Tissair Library Media Specialist Mark Twain School Hartford, CT
ricflair at mail2.nai.net
----- Original Message ----From: Maia To: Subscribers of ccbc-net Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 10:20 AM Subject: Re: 2 questions
witchcraft as it exists in the real (consensual) world. There is nothing in Wicca that encourages "the committing of heinous crimes." Fundamentally, that plenty of Christians limit to humankind. apples and oranges, it's more like apples and orangutans. Satanists are probably closer to Christians in ideology, because most Wiccans' theologies fallen angel, and belongs in that hierarchy, not in Wicca. list. And whether or not the bible is the one true word of the Christian god, there is also the undeniable fact that no two people read any book and (mis)perceptions as any other work of literature. How many authors complain that their readers project their own opinions all over a book? If the greatest complaint of all! And finally, of course, are the "publishing errors". Or how else can I explain the half a dozen different versions
"witchcraft" for the moment, I guess it would have to depend. Is church fun? Sometimes. Easter Sunday is a blast, though it follows up on some pretty sweet way, though it too comes on the heels of the story of a generation of slaughtered children. Religion is complex, whose ever it is. Wicca is presence of an overriding dogma or text, it is perhaps more flexible to the needs of its people. has been the source for some pretty imaginative fantasies to date. One interesting project is to consider who Christ would be if he existed in a Some know that in Narnia he is often a lion, in a world where the animals speak aloud and magic forms the very breath of existence, and in among wizards, and not The Wizard of all. And these indeed are magical creatures, warlocks and magicians even - do you see how easily the terms doesn't hold with any beyond the name itself. And if you want to put forth antiquated definitions of witchcraft, then we should at least apply women, at the very least, will burn for our indecencies in this dialogue with unknown men. Poor witchcraft, which has come to symbolize everything
'tis a term as heavy-burdened as god. witchcraft is fun? Hardly. I am more concerned that the media display will fuel the ignorance that holds any differing theology as an element for the anti-spiritual attitude which dominates in academia today, where it is safer to hold no faith at all, lest it be shattered when it cracks header...
Received on Tue 30 Nov 1999 07:33:43 PM CST
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 20:33:43 -0500
Very little of the literature of Wicca is cataloged as witchcraft and/or magic in your average public library. However, much of what is properly classed as Satanism is. A mature Christian can read HP and find "Christian" themes, but by definition children are not mature. Parents and teachers must help children to put the fantasy in the right perspective. Unfortunately, not every child has a caring adult to help him with this process.
Dorothy E. Tissair Library Media Specialist Mark Twain School Hartford, CT
ricflair at mail2.nai.net
----- Original Message ----From: Maia To: Subscribers of ccbc-net Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 10:20 AM Subject: Re: 2 questions
witchcraft as it exists in the real (consensual) world. There is nothing in Wicca that encourages "the committing of heinous crimes." Fundamentally, that plenty of Christians limit to humankind. apples and oranges, it's more like apples and orangutans. Satanists are probably closer to Christians in ideology, because most Wiccans' theologies fallen angel, and belongs in that hierarchy, not in Wicca. list. And whether or not the bible is the one true word of the Christian god, there is also the undeniable fact that no two people read any book and (mis)perceptions as any other work of literature. How many authors complain that their readers project their own opinions all over a book? If the greatest complaint of all! And finally, of course, are the "publishing errors". Or how else can I explain the half a dozen different versions
"witchcraft" for the moment, I guess it would have to depend. Is church fun? Sometimes. Easter Sunday is a blast, though it follows up on some pretty sweet way, though it too comes on the heels of the story of a generation of slaughtered children. Religion is complex, whose ever it is. Wicca is presence of an overriding dogma or text, it is perhaps more flexible to the needs of its people. has been the source for some pretty imaginative fantasies to date. One interesting project is to consider who Christ would be if he existed in a Some know that in Narnia he is often a lion, in a world where the animals speak aloud and magic forms the very breath of existence, and in among wizards, and not The Wizard of all. And these indeed are magical creatures, warlocks and magicians even - do you see how easily the terms doesn't hold with any beyond the name itself. And if you want to put forth antiquated definitions of witchcraft, then we should at least apply women, at the very least, will burn for our indecencies in this dialogue with unknown men. Poor witchcraft, which has come to symbolize everything
'tis a term as heavy-burdened as god. witchcraft is fun? Hardly. I am more concerned that the media display will fuel the ignorance that holds any differing theology as an element for the anti-spiritual attitude which dominates in academia today, where it is safer to hold no faith at all, lest it be shattered when it cracks header...
Received on Tue 30 Nov 1999 07:33:43 PM CST
